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    BLUEFIN TUNA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropicsplay

    Synonyms:

    bluefin; bluefin tuna; horse mackerel; Thunnus thynnus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("bluefin tuna" is a kind of...):

    tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)

    Meronyms (parts of "bluefin tuna"):

    bluefin; bluefin tuna (flesh of very large tuna)

    Holonyms ("bluefin tuna" is a member of...):

    genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Flesh of very large tunaplay

    Synonyms:

    bluefin; bluefin tuna

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("bluefin tuna" is a kind of...):

    tuna; tuna fish; tunny (important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks)

    Holonyms ("bluefin tuna" is a part of...):

    bluefin; bluefin tuna; horse mackerel; Thunnus thynnus (largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics)

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